Experience

Defense Acquisition University

• United States
• Defense and Space Manufacturing
• 400 - 500 Employee

• • Aug 2012 - Present

  Teach Fundamentals of Systems Engineering (ENG 101), Applied Systems Engineering in Defense Acquisition, Part II (ENG 202), Leadership in Engineering Defense Systems (ENG 301), Introduction to Science & Technology Management (STM 101), Intermediate Science & Technology Management (STM 203), and Leadership in Science & Technology Management (STM 304). Course manager for STM 101 and CLE-021 (Technology Readiness Assessment). Course Manager Regional Representative for ENG 101, SYS 202, ENG 301, and STM 304. Department Functional Lead for Engineering and S&T. Show less

• • Jan 2012 - Aug 2012

  Taught Intermediate and Advanced Systems Engineering Management courses on an as-needed basis in the Capital and Northeast Region of DAU during period of part-time employment between retirement from active duty Air Force and full-time DoD civilian employment at DAU.

• • Mar 2011 - Dec 2011

  Returned to work at DAU on 8 March 2011 after one-year deployment to Kabul, Afghanistan.I taught SYS 203 and SYS 302 courses. In June, I co-taught an intermediate Production, Quality, & Manufacturing (PQM) course to two groups of Afghanistan National Army and Police officers in Philadelphia.I went on terminal leave on 29 November and retired from the Air Force on 1 February 2012 after 20 years of active duty service.



ATK&R Farm

• Mifflinburg, PA

• General Manager

  • Aug 2005 - Present

  Working with my wife, Tammy, to manage our hobby farm (formerly dairy goat operation) just south of Mifflinburg, PA. I'm there on the weekends tending animals, cleaning pens, etc. Sold our dairy goats and milk equipment in 2016. We have a small boer goat herd (~15 does + 2 bucks), Hampshire sheep herd (26 ewes + a ram), 3 dozen chickens, plus other animals we keep as pets. Our daughter shows some of these animals for 4H at the county and regional level. Working with my wife, Tammy, to manage our hobby farm (formerly dairy goat operation) just south of Mifflinburg, PA. I'm there on the weekends tending animals, cleaning pens, etc. Sold our dairy goats and milk equipment in 2016. We have a small boer goat herd (~15 does + 2 bucks), Hampshire sheep herd (26 ewes + a ram), 3 dozen chickens, plus other animals we keep as pets. Our daughter shows some of these animals for 4H at the county and regional level.



US Army

• United States
• Armed Forces
• 700 & Above Employee

• Chief, Local Acquisitions Office

  • Feb 2010 - Feb 2011

  NTM-A = NATO Training Mission - Afghanistan CSTC-A = Combined Security Transition Command - Afghanistan SAO-A = Security Assistance Office - Afghanistan Local/Locally = Made in Afghanistan, not the U.S. Supported OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM. Afghan First article published in Defense AT&L Magazine, May/June 2011 issue: http://www.dau.mil/pubscats/ATL%20Docs/May-June11/Rhyne.pdf Chief of a 15-person Joint office to procure locally-produced items for the Afghanistan National Army and Afghanistan National Police. $350M annual budget. Led or participated in 45 combat missions in Kabul. Interviewed live twice on Afghan radio station and briefed over 100 Afghan business reps on our efforts. 1. Oversaw multiple contracts for Afghanistan National Army (ANA) and Police (ANP) uniforms made by five Afghan vendors. 2. Managed one IDIQ contract awarded on 19 July 2010 to one Afghan vendor to make combat boots for the ANA and ANP for up to 5 years; source selection completed and contracts awarded in March 2011 to two other Afghan vendors to make boots. 3. Managed six IDIQ contracts awarded to three Afghan women-owned businesses in early Aug 2010 to make 23 Organizational Clothing & Individual Equipment (OCIE) items for the ANA and ANP for up to 5 years, valued up to $365M. 4. Managed over 10 Blanket Purchase Agreements (BPAs) with over a dozen Afghan companies supplying 8 commodity items to Afghan forces. 5. Developed and taught basic requirements generation seminar to 10 ANP item managers. 6. Contracting Officer's Representative (COR) for two Afghan local national contracts supporting the Local Acquisitions Office. Show less



Defense Acquisition University

• United States
• Defense and Space Manufacturing
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Professor of Systems Engineering Management

  • Oct 2008 - Jan 2010

  Taught Systems Engineering Management courses SYS 101 (online), SYS 202 (online), and SYS 203 (classroom). Taught Science and Technology Management courses STM 202 and 303 (both classroom). Course manager for quarterly Joint Capabilities Technology Demonstration (JCTD) course. Revised Technology Readiness Assessment (TRA) online continuous learning module (CLE 021) Deployed to Kabul, Afghanistan in mid-Feb 2010. Taught Systems Engineering Management courses SYS 101 (online), SYS 202 (online), and SYS 203 (classroom). Taught Science and Technology Management courses STM 202 and 303 (both classroom). Course manager for quarterly Joint Capabilities Technology Demonstration (JCTD) course. Revised Technology Readiness Assessment (TRA) online continuous learning module (CLE 021) Deployed to Kabul, Afghanistan in mid-Feb 2010.



National Security Space Office

• Fairfax, VA, and The Pentagon

• Space Science and Technology Lead

  • Jul 2005 - Oct 2008

  Co-chaired Space Industrial Base Council Working Group with DoD, NASA, NOAA, Missile Defense Agency (MDA), and NRO participation, and set up council for senior leadership (DoD Executive Agent (EA) for Space, etc.) Planned and executed Space S&T Councils at DoD EA for Space level with senior Service, DoD, NASA, NOAA, MDA, and NRO participation. Wrote S&T section of annual National Security Space Program Assessment. Briefed multiple levels of USAF and DoD leadership, including SECAF, NRO Director, and Vice Chief of Staff of USAF. Show less



Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Science, Technology, and Engineering (SAF/AQRT)

• Rosslyn, VA

• Space S&T Program Element Monitor (PEM)

  • Nov 2002 - Jul 2005

  PEM for AFRL Space Vehicles Directorate and other Space S&T activities in AFRL. Submitted >$300M annual AF Space S&T budget for AFRL Space Vehicles Directorate and other directorates and briefed congressional staffers on it each year. Tracked $100M in Space S&T congressional adds to AFRL directorates. Reviewed and coordinated on requests for jurisdiction applicability (Commerce vs. State Depts), waivers to and compliance with US Munitions List, and other ITAR-related issues for DoD and NASA space technologies. Coordinated with DoD Space Test Program. SAF/AQRT rep to AF/A5X Capability Review & Risk Assessment (CRRA) team for four months. Co-authored 2004 DoD Space S&T Strategy. Member of radation-hardened electronics working group. Member of seismic research working group. Show less



Air Force Research Laboratory

• United States
• Armed Forces
• 700 & Above Employee

• Space Support Technology Portfolio Manager

  • Dec 1999 - Nov 2002

  AFRL Plans and Programs (XPS). Recorder for two AF Space Scientific Advisory Board (AFSAB) reviews and participated in DoD Space Technology Area Reviews and Assessments (TARAs). Planned and executed bi-annual Space S&T Council Working Group meetings. Participated in USAF & NASA 120-day reuseable launch vehicle studies. Temporary duty as AFRL Commander's Representative to AF Space Command (Apr-Jun 01) and SMC/XR (Mar-Oct 02). Prepared AFRL Space S&T POM inputs, including unfunded $67M joint On-Orbit Servicing Initiative for FY04 POM. Show less



352 Special Operations Group

• RAF Mildenhall, United Kingdom

• Mission Support Chief

  • Nov 1996 - Nov 1999

  352 Intelligence Flight, 352 Operations Support Squadron (OSS), 352 Special Operations Group (SOG). - Chief of Intelligence (J2) for multiple 45-60-day deployments to San Vito Air Station, Italy, as part of Joint Special Operations Task Force-II (JSOTF-II) supporting Bosnia Peacekeeping Operations (OPERATION JOINT GUARD, 1997-99) and planning for OPERATION ALLIED FORCE (Kosovo, March 1999). - Supported exercises, Non-Combatant Evacuation Operations in Africa, and other US European Command activities. - Supplied 352d SOG with maps, charts, and imagery products for EUCOM theater, including Africa. Managed largest unit map/chart inventory in EUCOM. - Supervised five enlisted personnel. - Special Security Manager (SSM) for unit's Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility (SCIF) and set up a Temporary SCIF at deployed location. Show less



315th Training Squadron

• Goodfellow AFB, San Angelo, TX

• Student

  • Mar 1996 - Oct 1996

  Student at Air Force Intelligence School. Completed Fundamentals of Intelligence Course and Intelligence Applications Officer Course. Assistant Class Leader for Intelligence Applications Officer Course and graduated third in class of 11. Student at Air Force Intelligence School. Completed Fundamentals of Intelligence Course and Intelligence Applications Officer Course. Assistant Class Leader for Intelligence Applications Officer Course and graduated third in class of 11.



Space and Missile Systems Center

• Los Angeles AFB, El Segundo, CA

• Program Control Officer/Strategic Planner/DT&E Engineer

  • Mar 1992 - Mar 1996

  1. Program Control Officer: Prepared Acquisition Executive Monthly Report (AEMR) & Defense Acquisition Executive Summary (DAES) reports, plus monthly Program Executive Officer (PEO) Program Reviews, first on base to go digital presentations (PowerPoint 1.0); Assistant Recorder for FEWS EMD Source Selection and outbriefs to USAF and DoD leadership. Editor-in-chief of monthly program office newsletter. 2. Strategic Planning Officer on SPO's Commander's Action Group; wrote FEWS & Talon Shield award fee plans and program strategic plan. Helped tailor or eliminate govt standards from request for proposal. 3. DSP DT&E Engineer, wrote Test & Evaluation Master Plan (TEMP) for integration of DSP Mobile Ground System (MGS) with Milstar Mobile Control Station (MCS). Also participated in testing of Satellite Readout Station Upgrade for DSP. Over my four-year tour, I worked in the same system program office (SPO) which incorporated the following programs: Follow-on Early Warning System (FEWS), Space Based Early Warning System (SBEWS), Talon Shield, Space Based Infrared Systems (SBIRS), and Defense Support Program (DSP). Show less



Air Force ROTC Detachment 595

• North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC

• Cadet

  • Aug 1985 - May 1991

  Completed officer field training at Plattsburgh AFB, NY, July 1988. Edited detachment newsletter. Completed officer field training at Plattsburgh AFB, NY, July 1988. Edited detachment newsletter.